Research Interests
Biofilms in the urban water cycle, nitrogen cycling microbial communities, public health surveillance via wastewater, and microbial communication in biofilms
Selected Grants
NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027CAREER: Quorum enhanced sustainable treatment of nitrogen (QuEST-N)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2027Collaborative Research: URoL:ASC: Determining the relationship between genes and ecosystem processes to improve biogeochemical models for nutrient management
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2026RCN: Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Notre Dame · 2023 - 2025Environmental stewardship of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by leveraging microbes
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · 2023 - 2024External Relationships
- Howard University
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